Introduction
Lotsahorses.com LLC (Lotsahorses.com) is committed to protecting your privacy. Sometimes we need information to provide services to you, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations.
Collecting your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering to place an ad or to post messages. For example: If you choose a service that requires payment, we will request personal information necessary for billing, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number.
Use of your Personal Information
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
* To make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
* To deliver services that you request or purchase or to respond to your communications.
* To process payments, using third party verification and payment processing firms.
* To send e-mails to non-paying text advertisers informing them of the benefits of photo ads.
* To send e-mails regarding issues such as renewals, expiring ads, statistic reporting and other administrative issues as well as Lotsahorses.com information about services, offerings and an opt-in newsletter.
Lotsahorses.com may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Lotsahorses.com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Lotsahorses.com and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Lotsahorses.com, its Web sites, or the public. Lotsahorses.com utilizes contract computer consultants to assist in managing this Web Site and those consultants may in unusual, need to know situations, have access to personal information, but only subject to strict non-disclosure obligations.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Lotsahorses.com will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed.
Lotsahorses.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues or changes in legal terms. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
If you have established an account with Lotsahorses.com, we will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may review and update this information at any time at "My Stall."
Security of your Personal Information
Lotsahorses.com takes all reasonable precautions to protect the security of your personal information and to honor your choices for its intended use. These actions are taken to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Payment information is protected by Secure Socket Layer security. This ensures that your account numbers and personal data are never sent over the Internet unencrypted.
You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your password, so do not share it with others.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
The Lotsahorses.com site does not publish content that is targeted to children.
Use of Cookies
Lotsahorses.com places a cookie on your computer hard drive to allow us to identify you (your computer) upon your return to our Web Site. A cookie is a very small text file placed on your hard drive. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major Web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most browsing software is initially set to accept cookies.
Lotsahorses.com also uses a session cookie, which is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's RAM for purposes of keeping track for you of search parameters that you set when searching the site. Because a session cookie is never written to a drive, it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser.
Lotsahorses.com may permit third party advertisers to place banner advertisements on the Web site. Those advertisers may place their own cookies on your computer for use in gathering information about your use of this and other Web sites, but we do not provide them with your personal information.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Lotsahorses.com Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.
Changes to this Statement
Lotsahorses.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this Statement, Lotsahorses.com will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.
Contact Information
Lotsahorses.com welcomes your comments and questions regarding this Statement of Privacy or privacy problems or issues. Please contact us by e-mail or postal mail:
NotifyUs@LotsAHorses.com
Lotsahorses.com, LLC
13440 Meadow Glen Lane
Colorado Springs, CO 80908
(719) 314-6113 Hours 9-4 M-Sat
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